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The Federal Government has been told to place teachers in public schools on a special salary structure to improve the quality of their service. Mr Jimoh Abdulrasaq, an Ilorin based legal practitioner disclosed this in Ilorin on Friday. He said that the education system in the country was needs to be improved. Abdulrasaq said conscious […]

Donald Trump’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort, Friday, resigned from his position on the campaign, the Republican presidential nominee said in a statement Friday. “This morning Paul Manafort offered, and I accepted, his resignation from the campaign,” Trump said. “I am very appreciative for his great work in helping to get us where we are today, […]Read More

Katsuya Takasu a Japanese doctor has been granted permission to donate the sum of US$390,000 to the Nigeria Under-23 football team, as a reward for their performance at the ongoing Rio 2016 Olympics. The Japanese surgeon made public his intention to donate the money few days ago. A document obtained by Owngoalnigeria, showed he has […]

The Federal Government has launched an investigation into the possible involvement of former President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Patience, with the spate of bombings that have crippled the country’s oil industry and affected its power generation capabilities. A top government source, quoting intelligence reports, told Premium Times that it has now been established that […]

Nigeria’s contingents to the ongoing Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil, Team Nigeria took delivery of their much awaited kits after most of the athletes have concluded their events with some already back to their bases.  The kit came in on Thursday, just three days to the end of the games which will end on […]

The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, on Thursday described as a rape of democracy and miscarriage of justice, the judgment of Justice Okon Abang of a Federal High Court Abuja, thar sacked the Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu. The appellant court, which restored the mandate of Governor Ikpeazu as the duly elected governor of […]

The disaster unfolding in Bama, a town in Borno state, north-east Nigeria, where children are starving to death without food, clean water and medical care is the most tragic manifestation of the humanitarian fallout of the Boko Haram insurgency and the Nigerian government’s militarized response to the crisis that now impacts millions, according to the […]

With the video released last Sunday purportedly by Boko Haram, showing some of the schoolgirls kidnapped from Chibok, who are still alive, Nigeria must keep the resolve to bring the girls home resolute. Since relatives have identified some of the abducted girls in the video, the government must, however, be cautious with the next step […]

The Nigerian Navy has rescued a British merchant tanker identified as MT Vectis Osprey from sea pirates. This was disclosed on Thursday by the Director of Information of the Navy, Commodore Christian Ezekobe. Ezekobe said a Navy warship, NNS Nwamba, rescued the vessel which came under attack from the pirates 20 nautical miles off the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has said African countries can survive the current economic and financial challenges with home-grown innovations. He also said African Central Banks have been at their best in keeping African economies afloat through proactive and effective combination of conventional and innovative monetary policies.  The president said this while declaring open the annual Assembly […]

 President Muhammadu Buhari while Receiving the outgoing Egyptian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Asharaf Abdelkader Salama at State House on Thursday in Abuja said his administration will restore confidence in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) by fast-tracking their voluntary return, rehabilitation and reintegration into the society. The President who communicated this through his Special Adviser to the […]

Former Governor of Lagos State Babatunde Fashola while speaking as guest speaker at the 2016 Annual Conference of the National Association of Energy Correspondents in Lagos revealed the that Nigeria can not rely on gas alone to solve the country’s power problems. Fashola who was represented by Mr Chinedu Ugbo, acting Chairman, Niger Delta Power […]